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What we’re reading: Evolving Education: Shifting to a Learner-Centered Paradigm

What we’re reading: Evolving Education: Shifting to a Learner-Centered Paradigm

by Anuk Harvey | May 10, 2022 | Inspiration

Never has it been more important for humans to gather and work together to solve some of the biggest problems of our time. The starting point, as always, is education. Too many institutions are operating within an outdated industrial model; which doesn’t serve...
Natural Pod™ LIVE – Episode 10 – Creating cultural change through student co-authorship of their learning environments

Natural Pod™ LIVE – Episode 10 – Creating cultural change through student co-authorship of their learning environments

by Anuk Harvey | Feb 23, 2022 | LIVE, Inspiration

Welcome back, Natural Pod™ LIVE, Episode ten is available to watch! About this Episode: Since the beginning days of the industrial model, learning environments have been anchored to direct instruction and information-giving models. A place where students, or pupils,...
Creating cultural change through student co-authorship of their learning environments

Creating cultural change through student co-authorship of their learning environments

by Michelle Carpenter | Feb 3, 2022 | Inspiration

Since the beginning days of the industrial model, learning environments have been anchored to direct instruction and information-giving models. A place where students, or pupils, show up to a building to learn because that location was the only place for it to occur....
Learn key outcomes from this unique indoor/outdoor campus project

Learn key outcomes from this unique indoor/outdoor campus project

by Anuk Harvey | Nov 2, 2021 | Inspiration

We’re delighted to be participating and bringing you this webinar after its previous re-scheduling. The webinar, ’How Indoor/Outdoor Classrooms Deepen Students’ Learning’, is taking place on Wednesday 8th December at 3-4pm ET / 12-1pm PT. It’s being...
Learn how to gain stakeholder buy-in for new learning space projects

Learn how to gain stakeholder buy-in for new learning space projects

by Anuk Harvey | Nov 10, 2021 | Inspiration

Our upcoming webinar ‘Case Study: How Indoor/Outdoor Classrooms Deepen Students Learning’ is sharing the key lessons learned from a unique middle school project based in California. Repurposed shipping containers were innovatively used to create...
Time to be intentional – The Design for Early Learning Symposium

Time to be intentional – The Design for Early Learning Symposium

by Kelly Rosensweet | Sep 21, 2021 | Inspiration

Recently, on September 13th and 15th, I was able to participate in the Design for Early Learning Symposium, organized by Alissa Rupp, FAIA, LEED BD+C, Principal, FRAME | Integrative Design Strategies and Diane Kroll, Founder of Imag(e)ine Collaborative, an excellent...
If you want your school to be environmentally sustainable and healthy, look for the crosswalks

If you want your school to be environmentally sustainable and healthy, look for the crosswalks

by Susan Whitmer | Aug 9, 2021 | Green Schools, Inspiration

We spend ninety percent of our lives indoors in environments where we live, learn, and work. In some countries, that number is even higher due to extreme climate and outdoor pollution. If we spend ninety percent of our time indoors, that means that by the time our...
Why we created an Ideabook for Indigenous Learners

Why we created an Ideabook for Indigenous Learners

by Bridgitte Alomes | Jul 28, 2021 | Inspiration

Only two weeks ago my team completed Natural Pod’s first Indigenous Learners Ideabook, and I couldn’t be more pleased. It’s been a while in the making and the end result allows us to share some fantastic Indigenous learning spaces, the stories behind them and why as a...
How we care for our buildings, directly impacts our health and well-being

How we care for our buildings, directly impacts our health and well-being

by Susan Whitmer | Jul 21, 2021 | Inspiration

If you have ever gone on a whale-watching excursion or watched videos of a whale in its natural habitat, you probably saw the whale surface for a short time and dive underwater, where it moves about for an extended time before resurfacing. The health of the ocean is...
Expanding Our Impact on The Students and Educators We Serve

Expanding Our Impact on The Students and Educators We Serve

by Christopher Roy | Mar 24, 2021 | Inspiration

From driving the first rented moving truck to deliver our first furniture order, to serving nearly one million students to date, Natural Pod has and is continuing to grow in many ways. Looking ahead, we are delighted to share that our team is growing to further our...
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